Meet Bishop Eaton

The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton was elected as the ELCA’s fourth presiding bishop at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Born in Cleveland on April 2, 1955, Eaton earned a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School...

Luther and Lutheranism

Martin Luther was eight years old when Christopher Columbus set sail from Europe and landed in the Western Hemisphere. Luther was a young monk and priest when Michaelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel in Rome...

ELCA Good Gifts Catalog

Assignment Process

Assignment completes candidacy for all people, including those ordained in another Lutheran church or Christian tradition, moving them toward first call and admittance to the appropriate roster in the ELCA...

ELCA World Hunger

Working with and through our congregations in the U.S., Lutheran churches around the world, and other partners, ELCA World Hunger is uniquely positioned to reach communities in need. From health clinics to microloans, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger support sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty. Learn More.

Ready to get started? From education to fundraising, from bulletin inserts to short videos — you will find resources for all ages and group sizes.

Here’s a place to get started. Use these resources to find an overview of ELCA World Hunger, current fundraising ideas and stories of your gifts at work in the world.

Walk for Water Brochure

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This eight-page brochure introduces ELCA World Hunger's Walk for Water, an initiative for the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. It also provides information about the water crisis and ways our church is already working to make a difference. Find fundraising ideas and ways for youth to get involved.

Walk for Water Brochure

World AIDS Day 2014

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

World AIDS Day 2014

General Brochure

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays.

General Brochure

Health Brochure

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This colorful, trifold brochure shows how hunger, poverty and health are deeply connected issues. Learn why many programs supported by your gifts to ELCA World Hunger engage in initiatives related to health care.

Resource Packet Lent 2014

Resource Packet Lent 2014

Action Guide for Congregations

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This guide provides sermon starters, ideas and inspiration to help your congregation take action against hunger and poverty.

Poster: Bless You

Poster: Daily Bread

Poster: Daily Bread

Resource Sheet

ELCA World Hunger Resources sheet lists the newest and most popular resources for ELCA World Hunger, Lutheran Disaster Response, ELCA Good Gifts, the ELCA Malaria Campaign and the ELCA HIV and AIDS Campaign. It is a great reference for pastors, teachers and other leaders.

Water Brochure

HIV and AIDS Offering Envelope

Use these envelopes to invite generous giving to provide HIV and AIDS treatment, care and prevention. Help ELCA World Hunger save lives put at risk by HIV and AIDS. These envelopes can be placed in the offering plate or mailed directly to ELCA World Hunger.

HIV and AIDS Congregation Action Kit

Hunger in the U.S.

Hunger in the U.S.

Healthcare Bulletin

This colorful, 8-page brochure highlights the health care work of ELCA World Hunger (malaria, HIV and AIDS, water and sanitation, child and maternal health and nutrition) and invites generosity and action.

Memorial Gift Cards

Ready to dig deeper? These educational resources are tools for use by congregations, groups, or individuals to learn about issues of hunger and poverty and how our faith can inform a response.

Daily Bread: A Discussion Guide for Meal Packing Events

With fun activities, prayers and stories based on real-life situations, this guide will help your group have deep, meaningful conversations about hunger, service and what it means to be church for the sake of the world.

Food for a Week: PowerPoint Presentation

Food For A Week Profile Handouts

Food For A Week Profile Handouts

Act 2Day 4Tomorrow 2015

This overnight program brings youth together to learn about the role they can play in eradicating hunger and poverty in the world. As the group takes part in the spiritual practice of fasting during the event, they will explore questions of faith, hunger, hope, and justice together. The program is divided into four sessions, with three activities in each session. Leaders can tailor the program to their group by choosing activities from each session. Each activity is followed by an intentional time for reflection for youth to hear from each other and to read letters from young leaders across the United States.

Act 2Day 4Tomorrow 2015

Act 2Day 4Tomorrow 2014

Order this overnight program that brings youth together as they take part in the spiritual practice of fasting. This resource has activities and times of reflection centered on seven faith practices and comes complete with everything you need to get started.

Act 2Day 4Tomorrow 2014

Digging In: A Leader's Guide to Service Learning

This leader’s guide is designed to help you plan your next service opportunity. It’s organized into four steps (Preparation, Action, Reflection and Celebration) and will walk you through how to make the most out of your service opportunity.

Taking Root DVD

Taking Root DVD

Taking Root Poster

Promote your program within your congregation and community. The reverse side contains a carrot field chart to be used with the carrot stickers so you can keep track of contributions to Giving Root projects highlighted in the Taking Root curriculum.

Taking Root Poster

Taking Root Book Pack

The book pack includes 6 fun and compelling children's books that are used in the Taking Root curriculum to draw children into the day's theme and into a reality other than their own, allowing them to creatively consider ideas from a different vantage point.

Taking Root Book Pack

Taking Root: K-2 Sample Kit

Request one kit to sample the Taking Root curriculum written for grades K-2. Each kit contains one Leader Guide, one of each of the 5 student workbooks, the Taking Root board game, a promotional poster and stickers.

Taking Root: K-2 Student Workbook

Taking Root: K-2 Student Workbook

Taking Root: K-2 Leader Guide

The Taking Root Leaders Guide provides lesson plans, instructions for materials and preparation, and in-depth biblical/theological and Hunger background for leaders to use the curriculum easily and effectively with their students.

Taking Root: 3-6 Newspapers

Taking Root: 3-6 Leader Guide

The Taking Root Leader Guide provides lesson plans, instructions for materials and preparation, and in-depth biblical/theological and Hunger background for leaders to use the curriculum easily and effectively with their students.

Taking Root: Junior High Newspapers

Taking Root: Junior High Leader Guide

The Taking Root Leader Guide provides lesson plans, instructions for materials and preparation, and in-depth biblical/theological and Hunger background for leaders to use the curriculum easily and effectively with their students.

Taking Root: Junior High Leader Guide

Taking Root: Senior High Sample Kit

Request one kit to sample the Taking Root curriculum written for grades 10-12. Each kit contains one Leader Guide, one of each of the 5 student notebooks, a DVD with the videos, a promotional poster and stickers.

Taking Root: Senior High Sample Kit

Taking Root: Senior High Leader Guide

The Taking Root Leader Guide provides lesson plans, instructions for materials and preparation, and in-depth biblical/theological and Hunger background for leaders to use the curriculum easily and effectively with their students.

Taking Root: Senior High Leader Guide

Taking Root: Senior High Notebooks

The Taking Root Hunger Notebooks for Senior High Students provide a focus for engaging the reality of hunger and poverty. The notebooks give provocative ideas and images the students are invited to explore.

Kenneth's Story - Milwaukee

Kenneth's Story - Milwaukee

DIKO Marie's Story

DIKO Marie
Niem, Central African Republic
With access to a newly constructed spring box, DIKO Marie and her community have access to clean, safe water. They are stronger, healthier and enjoying a better quality of life.

Reproducible Stories 2012

Lent and Easter are perfect seasons to raise awareness for issues surrounding hunger and poverty. Use these resources to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation.

Into the Wild: A Lenten Liturgy & Intergenerational Study on Hunger

This Lenten series consists of five liturgies and lessons, each building on themes found in Luke 4:1-21. During the course of the series, your congregation will reflect on baptism, hunger, power, faith and the good news Jesus proclaims to the poor, the oppressed and the captive.

Into the Wild: A Lenten Liturgy & Intergenerational Study on Hunger

40 days of “wonderings:” A family discussion guide for Lent

Download and print this Lenten resource designed for parents. Continue the conversation with questions and discussion starters based on the themes of faith, hope, service and hunger found in “Into the Wild: A Lenten Liturgy and Intergenerational Study on Hunger.”

40 days of “wonderings:” A family discussion guide for Lent

Buck-a-Chick

or $1, Sunday school children and other members can purchase and decorate this paper chick for themselves or in honor of friends and loved ones. Hang the colorful chicks in a prominent spot – like the sanctuary or narthex – to highlight your success. The funds raised will benefit ELCA World Hunger and help provide families in need with chickens, other animals and the resources they need to escape hunger and poverty for good.

Placemat: 783,000,000 small

Souper Bowl of Caring Poster

Souper Bowl of Caring Poster

40 Day Living Simply With God

The calendar invites individuals, families, classes and other groups to journey for 40 days and 7 Sundays, praying, learning, giving and deepening your commitment to take steps every day to walk with neighbors in need.

Animals and Hunger Connection

Disaster and Hunger Connections

Choose this theme if you want to introduce your audience to the intersections between disasters and hunger. Through activities and conversation, explore these intersections and our appropriate responses.

Disease and Hunger Connection

ELCA World Hunger Basics

This Toolkit will help introduce your audience to the mission and ministry of ELCA World Hunger. Great for those who are learning about ELCA World Hunger for the first time and those who need a refresher course.

ELCA World Hunger Basics

Food and Hunger Connection

This toolkit will invite your group to reflect on the gift and responsibility of food and its relationship to hunger in the world. Through activities and conversation, you will explore the many intersections and our appropriate responses.

Hunger and Climate Change Connections

Water and Hunger Connection

This Toolkit will help introduce your audience to introduce to the intersections between water and hunger. Through activities and conversation, explore these intersections and our appropriate responses.

Rise Up Tour Poster

Rise Up Tour Poster

Do-it-Yourself Track Experience

This guide is intended to help you set up your own Walk for Water experience. The set-up is based on how ELCA World Hunger designed the track at the ELCA Youth Gathering, but you are encouraged to be creative in your context!

Do-it-Yourself Track Experience

Walk for Water Brochure

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This eight-page brochure is great for youth groups and youth leaders ready to get started. The colorful brochure is complete with water facts, fundraising ideas and more.

Walk for Water Brochure

Walk for Water 2015 Bulletin Insert

Walk for Water 2015 Bulletin Insert

Walk for Water Video

This colorful, 8-page brochure offers an introduction to ELCA World Hunger, including a world map of where your gifts are at work. This brochure is perfectly sized for worship bulletins and it can also be used for events and displays. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Resources/ELCA-World-Hunger#sthash.Lc23D55D.dpuf

This two-minute video provides an overview of the water crisis and introduces the Walk for Water. It’s great to preview with your youth group and congregation.

Walk for Water Video - Download

Walk for Water Video - Download

DIKO Marie's Story

DIKO Marie
Niem, Central African Republic
With access to a newly constructed spring box, DIKO Marie and her community have access to clean, safe water. They are stronger, healthier and enjoying a better quality of life.

DIKO Marie's Story

Water and Hunger Connection

This Toolkit will help introduce your audience to introduce to the intersections between water and hunger. Through activities and conversation, explore these intersections and our appropriate responses.

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